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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

The Big Heritage House Cover-Up

We saw the same tactics some years back when the City of Greensboro
decided to abandon War Memorial Stadium. First they promised to save the
historic structure then they told us of structural problems that were
said to be hopelessly beyond repair or simply too expensive. Over 10
years later the historic building where the movie the Durham Bulls was
filmed remains empty.

In today's Planning Board meeting to determine the status of Heritage House, City Staff trotted out a visual inspection done by SKA Consulting Engineers Inc on July 10, 2014
that claim the building to have structural problems. Were Heritage
House Property owners made aware that 3rd party inspectors were being
allowed on their property by the City of Greensboro? The City of
Greensboro Code Enforcement inspections took place in June. Heritage
House Residents were forced to leave at the end of July. These engineers
for SKA Consulting, if they did in-fact inspect Heritage House, were
trespassing and the City of Greensboro was aiding and abetting.

So which is it, were they trespassing or is the SKA inspection a fraud?
Remember: there was no mention of the cost of any engineering study when
the City released the City's costs incurred due to Heritage House--
does SKA work for free?

But wait, it gets even better. We now have proof that Heritage House is in-fact a land grab years in the making.

"Need for more units available for those who have background issues. Heritage House Condos is an example of a private low cost facility. The Home Owners Association there may not be viable, and this model may not be replicable."

"Over the past 3 years, water cutoffs have increased by 30%, according to Water Resources."

Make no doubt with a little bit of self-fulfilling prophecy added to a
lack of law enforcement, no checks and balances, one of the 2 property
management companies owned by a known crook, the other property
management company owned in part by a former state senator who is
married to our current mayor and the City helping to fabricate an inflated water bill it was no problem to make their dreams come
true.

Now we're simply waiting for the City of Greensboro to exercise eminent
domain so Skip Alston can broker the deal to Shahzad Akba, Shehzad
Quamar and their partner, Khan A Khan who formerly owned the Greensboro
Inn downtown.

Am I getting warmer, Nancy? Of course you do realize if any of the
theories I've pitched should come true it's handcuffs for you, Mike,
Robbie, Skip, Zack, Yvonne and several more. Have you ever stood in
front of a mirror and wondered what you might look like in a prison jump
suit? Of course you have, that's why the Downtown Wyndham Hotel will never be built.
It might be I can't send you to jail but I can damned sure get in the
pockets of those who put you in office, isn't that right, Mayor Vaughan?

The planning board voted 8-0 to declare the property blighted-- not
surprising being most have only heard one side of the story and the
others are bought off. City Council will make the final decision... That
is, if they dare to act after everything our team has made public and
will continue to make public between now and then. Trust me, the
conflicts of interest, of which we've yet to even make mention, are
astounding.